CBR TV @ WC12: Eric Powell on Creator-Owned Comics, “The Goon” Movie & Roller Derby

The creator of “The Goon,” Eric Powell, spoke with CBR TV during this year’s WonderCon where he dove right into the topic of creator-owned comics and why he’s become a more vocal voice in support of the concept in recent months, the importance of expanding the comics base beyond a single overwhelming genre and how to tackle the difficulty in breaking wide to a larger audience with creator-owned works as opposed to books featuring established characters from Marvel or DC. The Eisner Award-winning artist/writer discussed the feedback he received, positive and negative, for the PSA supporting creators working on their own projects he released last year and his subsequent reticence to follow up with another go-round or even release the commentary track he’s recorded for the original. Powell also talked about the slow road he and director David Fincher are driving along in bringing Powell’s “The Goon” to the big screen, the rise of roller derby in recent years and his ties to the sport as both a fan and as the boyfriend of a derby girl.